International Council for Traditional Music

A Non-Governmental Organization in Formal Consultative Relations with UNESCO

ICTM Study Group on Music in the Arab World

Chair

Scheherazade Hassan — sch.hassan@gmail.com

Vice Chair

Virgina Danielson — ginny.danielson@nyu.edu

Executive members and advisors

A. J. Racy

Leo Plenckers

Nidaa abou Mrad

Michael Frishkopf

Miriam Olsen

Nasser Al-Taee

Amine Beyhom

Maqam Traditions Between Theory and Contemporary Music Making

Nidaa Abou Mrad: Éléments de sémiotique modale : Essai d’une grammaire musicale pour les traditions monodiques

Éléments de sémiotique modale : Essai d’une grammaire musicale pour les traditions monodiques
2016

In Memoriam Dieter Christensen (1932-2017)

In Memoriam Dieter Christensen (1932-2017)

NEMO-Online - reissues (vols 1 & 2)

The redaction of NEMO-Online is pleased to announce the reissue of NEMO-Online Vol. 1 No. 1 and NEMO-Online Vol. 2 No. 2&3 as individual articles / La rédaction de NEMO-Online a le plaisir d’annoncer une nouvelle édition de NEMO-Online Vol.

Call for Proposals for Individual Consultants: Amman, Jordan

The UNESCO Amman Office has launched a Call for Proposals for Individual Consultants to carry out a needs assessment on the state of preservation of audiovisual archives in Jordan. Further details are provided in the attached Call.

Report of Ankara Joint Symposium (December 2014)

Joint Symposium of the Study Groups on Maqām and Music in the Arab World (Ankara, Turkey, 17-21 December 2014)

Scholarly activities in the Maghreb, December 2014

  • Le Centre national de recherches préhistoriques, anthropologique et historiques (CNRPAH) organise un colloque intitulé : Patrimoine musical de la Kabylie : contextes, fonctions et systèmes Béjaia : 13, 14 et 15 décembre 2014 (link to programme)

Programme of the 2014 Joint Symposium of the ICTM Study Groups on Maqām and Music in the Arab World

The programme can be accessed and downloaded from this link.

Your input requested: survey instrument to assess music vitality and viability

Please consider participating in the following survey, in support of a colleague's research project at the University of Newcastle.  See letter to Prof. Hassan below...

Dear A/Prof Hassan, 

New publications

Leo Plenckers:  Arabische muziek. Een overzicht van de geschiedenis en de hedendaagse praktijk Uitgeverij Bulaaq Amsterdam. Arab music, like its Western equivalent, displays a richness of traditions and genres. It does not only provide listeners and performers with plain pleasure but also arouses feelings of beauty and emotion. It plays a role in family circles as well as in public events. There is a wide range of performers of Arab music that varies from devoted amateurs to virtuous professionals. It also has many enthusiastic listeners.

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